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breme

/bɹiːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
breme
IPA
/bɹiːm/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English brem, breme, from Old English brēme (“famous, glorious, noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”). Cognate with Latin fremō (“to murmur; to roar”), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémō, “to roar”), Polish brzmieć (“to be heard”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *bʰrem-, brem, brēme, *brōmi, *brōmiz

Inflected Forms

brim (alternative)

Homonyms

bream

Rhymes With

team a team seem dream prime supreme cream stream on stream extreme scheme steam

Questions

How do you pronounce breme?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹiːm/.
What does breme mean?
Of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.
Where does breme come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce breme

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